Statesman and chairman of Patriots, Professor Ben Nwabueze, has expressed fears over moves by President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to purchase war planes from the United States,...
By Wole Soyinka… It is happening all over again. History is repeating itself and, alas, within such an agonizingly short span of time. How often must...
The turn of events in the Muhammadu Buhari presidency, between May 2015 and January 2018, leaves many learning new lessons in how not to squander an...
The Senate has asked the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Mr. Abubakar Malami, SAN, to explain to Nigerians why he has been running around the...
When Governor Rochas Okorocha rallied most members of his cabinet and a sprinkle of officials of Dana Air under the smoldering heat of Sam Mbakwe Cargo...
The apparent move by President Muhammadu Buhari to seek re-election in 2019 appears to have set Arewa Youth Forum (AYF) and Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG)...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) may be courting legal trouble, if it goes ahead with its decision to conduct the rerun election for Anambra Central...
The debate on what form the Nigerian project will take assumed an interesting turn when President Muhammadu Buhari, on new year’s day, told the citizens that...
The Federal Government, on Thursday, said the current fuel scarcity may persist till June, 2019, when government and private refineries will fully come on stream. It...
Following the reported nomination of Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, by President Muhammadu Buhari to chair his re-election campaign, Minister of Communication, Adebayo Shittu, has provided...
On January 1, 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari made a broadcast to Nigerians as has become customary. His broadcast was supposed to usher Nigerians into the year...
President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented that Nigerians are too impatient, and want improved conditions faster than may be possible considering available resources and capabilities. The president...
As President Muhammadu Buhari and his ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) continue to receive knocks for appointing no less than six dead persons into federal boards,...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has disclosed that President Muhammadu Buhari directed it to subsidise the pump price of petrol for Nigerians, a revelation that...
The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun, has told Nigerians that, despite criticism of failure to deliver, the APC was well on...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has accused the Federal Government of providing cover for huge sleaze directly involving All Progressives Congress (APC) interests and urged its...
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday acknowledged that 2017 was tough for Nigeria but said he was hopeful the coming year would be more prosperous for the...
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has said that President Muhammadu Buhari must take bold action in tackling the persistent fuel scarcity in the country. The...
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has commented on the state of Nigeria’s economy, noting that despite exiting recession, the country’s economy remained vulnerable. While welcoming actions...
The Presidency has exposed a new human trafficking ring which specializes in flying large number of young girls aged between 13 and 15 to Arab nations....
The fragile relationship between the Senate and the Executive arm of government, may have collapsed, with the 2018 budget proposals of the federal government bearing the...
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday came down hard on the Muhammadu Buhari-led administration for doing a shoddy job of the 2018 budget. In very unmistakable terms,...
Senate committee on Power, on Monday, questioned the Minister of State for Power, Works and Housing, Mustapha Baba Shahuru and the Permanent Secretary, Frank Edozie, over...
In the aftermath of the National convention of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abuja penultimate week, former governor of Kano State, Dr. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso,...
Concerns that the Nigerian government may have acted beyond its constitutional powers in withdrawing $1bn from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) to fight Boko Haram insurgents,...
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has faulted Ohanaeze President, Chief John Nnia Nwodo, for linking their Biafra agitation to the quest for war and...
The Senate committee on Power, Steel Development and Metallurgy, on Thursday, turned back the Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, over his alleged “unpreparedness...
The National Economic Council (NEC), which has all state governors as members, has authorized the Federal Government to withdraw $1 billion from the $2.3 billion currently...
Last Monday, Ali Ahmadu, a boy from the Chibok Community in Borno State, who was confined to the wheelchair after suffering damages to his spinal cord...
The travails of Senate President Bukola Saraki, over charges of false asset declaration, may not be over as the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on...
Nigeria’s Digital Switch Over (DSO) process has been a subject of discussion even at the international level, principally because of its opaque nature. Ripples Nigeria gathered...
Last Saturday was historic for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Nigeria’s main opposition party. On that day, the party held its second convention since 2015 general...
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State on Saturday took a swipe at the acclaimed national leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Ahmed Bola...
The newly sworn-in National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr Uche Secondus, seems to have hit the ground running. His first speech as chairman of...
Prince Uche Secondus, long speculated to be the favoured candidate, has eventually emerged the new national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). His election is,...
Last-minute horse-trading for the chairmanship of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) may have led to major compromise by the South-West bloc. It was gathered that other aspirants...
On a day it is to hold a make or break national convention to pick its national executives, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has announced...
The sharing pattern of the N23 billion released by the Federal Government to Nigerian universities for earned allowances has torn apart unions in the ivory towers,...
It is another budget season, and lawmakers from both chambers of the National Assembly, are going to be busy until the budget is passed. In a...
Disturbing reports have emerged of an ongoing protracted dispute between corporate giants and competitors, Dangote Group and BUA Group, over a prized mining site, resulting in...
The suspension of the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo is stirring up a lot of happenings. The House of Representatives...
Fears that the suspension of Munir Gwarzo, Director-General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), would derail the probe of Oando’s alleged grievous infractions, have been...
Sheltered in the heart of Lagos mainland, its sultry environment belies the rot within. But this has not always been so. Established in 1947, Yaba College...
Ahead of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) December 9, national convention, a former military leader and chieftain of the party, Ibrahim Babangida, has expressed fears...
By Femi Qudus A part of this title are the exact words of Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno state. He did not only say those, he...
The decision of Prince Uche Secondus to contest for the chairmanship position of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is causing a lot of ripples within...
The raging feud between Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha and the state House of Assembly members seems to be escalating, as the Clerk of the House,...
Reports have emerged of how the Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Mounir Gwarzo, and other senior members of the organization systematically abused...
Almost two months after it set up an ad-hoc committee to carry out “holistic investigation” into allegations of corruption against Maikanti Baru, the Group Managing Director...
President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, blamed anti-graft agencies in the country of making it difficult for the Federal Government to convince other nations...
